Steve Carr

This article is about the director. For the social activist, see Steven E. Carr.

Steve Carr
Born	Steve Harold Carr (1965-04-07) April 7, 1965 (age 59) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupations	Film director producer music video director
Years active	1995–present
Notable work	Next Friday Dr. Dolittle 2 Daddy Day Care Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Website	Official Website

Steven Harold Carr (born April 7, 1965) is an American film director, music video director, and film producer from Brooklyn, New York. After studying fine arts on a full scholarship to Manhattan’s School of Visual Arts, Carr founded design firm The Drawing Board ^[1] with Cey Adam to create iconic album artwork for Def Jam Recordings artists such as Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, LL Cool J and more. Asked to take his vision to film, Carr created groundbreaking videos for influential hip-hop artists from Slick Rick to Jay-Z, and was signed to Quentin Tarantino's A Band Apart Music Video production company in Los Angeles, CA. ^[2]

Carr made his feature film directorial debut with the comedy Next Friday in 2000. He subsequently directed many box office hits in the 2000s including Dr. Dolittle 2 , Daddy Day Care , and Paul Blart: Mall Cop , and is currently working on an unnamed Netflix film project. ^[3]

Career

Shortly after graduating from SVA, Carr convinced Russell Simmons to let him design all the album covers at Def Jam Records. Carr began directing music videos including Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)."

After having directed a number of music videos, Ice Cube hired Carr to direct the sequel to his hit film Friday . The film, the R-rated comedy Next Friday , was Carr's first feature film. He subsequently directed the films Dr. Dolittle 2 , ^[4] Daddy Day Care , Are We Done Yet? , Rebound , and Paul Blart: Mall Cop . ^[5] He also directed a segment in Movie 43 and executive produced the 2006 TV Movie Santa Baby starring Jenny McCarthy, its sequel Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe , and was at one time attached to direct National Security starring Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn, and an earlier film adaptation of Iron Fist . ^[6]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Executive producer	Notes
2000	Next Friday	Yes	No
2001	Dr. Dolittle 2	Yes	No
2003	Daddy Day Care	Yes	No
2005	Rebound	Yes	No
2007	Are We Done Yet?	Yes	Yes
2009	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Yes	No
2013	Movie 43 (Segment: "The Proposition")	Yes	No	Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director (shared with the other 14 directors)
2016	Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life	Yes	No
2018	Freaky Friday	Yes	Yes	TV movie
2025	A Merry Little Ex-Mas	Yes	No

References

1. "The Drawing Board". Discogs. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
2. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 28, 1998.
3. "Steve Carr Sets Next Comedy Film At Netflix (EXCLUSIVE)". DiscussingFilm. March 13, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
4. Times, Susan King Los Angeles (June 28, 2001). "DOCTOR'S ORDERS". Sun-Sentinel.com. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
5. Kit, Borys (June 28, 2012). "Mall Cop Director Steve Carr Tackling Wedding Day". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved April 23, 2015.
6. "Steve Carr Waits In Marvel Queue for "Iron Fist" Production". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 8, 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Steve Carr at IMDb